Truss



E, G. HUTTERER.

TRUSS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24, 1920.

1,381, 123 Patented June 14, 1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 1%, 1921.

Application filed January 24, 1920. Serial No. 353,678.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ED'WARD G. HUTTERER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Sanborn, in the county of OBrien' A further object of the invention is the production of a hernia truss embodying certain novel features of construction and arrangements of parts for forc ng the V15- cera into and holding it within its natural cavity. 1

Furthermore, the invention contemplates hernia truss embodying a pad and co-acting parts which hold the viscera within its natural cavity and tend to contract the inguinal ring tofacilitate healing of the tissues.

Still another object of the invention is the production of a hernia truss thoroughly efficient in use and which may be applied and worn with the least inconvenience and discomfort. j r The above and other objects and advantages I successfully attain in the embodiment hereinafter described, defined in the appended claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, of which,

Figure 1 a perspective view of a truss constructed in accordance with the invention; r

Fig. 2 is an enlarged rear elevation of the pad; and Fig. 3 isa central horizontal section thereof.

l/Vhile I have illustrated, and hereinafter described the preferred embodiment of the invention, 1 would not be understood as being limited to such specific construction, for

many variations and modifications may bemade in the details of construction and ar rangement of parts herein dlsclosed, without departing from the spirit. and scope of the invention, as defined in the appended claim.

Beferring now to the illustrations, the pad includes a disk, 4:, of rubber or other suitable elastic sheet material provided on opposite sides with ears, 5, and a depending part, 6. One of the ears, 5, is suitably secured, as at 7, to one end of a belt, 8, adapted to encompass the body, and 'detachably and; adj ustably s cured at its otherend tot-he other ear, 5, as by. a suitable buckle 9. 10 is a strap having one end looped, as at 11, toslide upon the rear portion of the belt. The strap, 10, is adapted to be passed between the limbs of the wearer and is detachably and adjustably secured at, its forward end to the ear, 6, as by a buckle, 11, or otherwise. On the rear of the disk, a, is mounted a pneumatic ring, 12, secured to the disk, 4:, by an an nular rib, 13, vulcanized'to the disk and t0 the face of the ring, 12, adjacent the periphery of the latter. 7 V e The ring, 12, removably incloses a circular pad including the inner and outer walls, 1 L, interconnected at their edges, Between the walls,- 14, is inserted hair, 15, orother suitable soft padding. The said circular pad rests against the disk, 14, Tn application it is obvious that the pad is so positioned that the ring, 12, is disposed centrally of the inguinal ring, then as the disk projections,'5, are stretched and dis posed slightly rearwardly, it is evident the tubular ringwill be rolled inwardly as indicated by the arrow and dotted lines in Fi 3, thus tending to slightly contract the diam eter of the ring, andas the rear face of the ring bears agamst the body of the wearer it is evident the saidicontraction of the ring 7 will tend to contract the inguinal ring and hold the same against retraction or straining of the tissues caused by exertion of the patient. V a I Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure byLete ters Patentof the United States is,- p

A trusspadincludlng an elastlc sheet, an elastic ring, circular in cross-sect1on and adjacent the sheet, a thin circular web securing the sheet to the adjacent side of the ring whereby the ring may be rolled inwardly, a circular soft pad encircled by the ring and including inner and outer walls having their edges secured together to provide a pad which is thin at its periphery, the pad being so constructed and related to the ring that the intermediate portion of the pad extends approximately to the plane of the outer side of the ring, and the peripheral edge of the pad is positioned substantially 10 midway between the sides of the ring, to permit inward rolling of the ring.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 16 day of January, 1920.

EDWARD G. HUTTERER. 

